"The tendon in the tail of the Tiger-Cat monster is quite valuable." Luo Feng's Blood Shadow Battle Blade hissed, slicing open the Tiger-Cat's tail and retrieving the transparent tendon. He glanced at Wei Tie beside him and laughed, "Brother Tie really lives up to his name. That charge from the Twin-tailed Tiger-Cat earlier had you spitting blood, scared me half to death. Looks like Brother Tie is fine now!"
"Are you an idiot? If I didn't spit blood, I'd have to keep it in, which would cause even more damage!" Wei Tie laughed and cursed back.
"Alright, everyone, hurry up and collect the materials," Chen Gu also said with a smile.
The six members of the Hammer Squad were in high spirits. Captain Gao Feng squatted beside the corpse of the Twin-tailed Tiger-Cat, beginning the dissection. In terms of difficulty, dissecting the Twin-tailed Tiger-Cat was by far the hardest.
"Luo Feng really brought us luck. On the very first day, we managed to kill two Beast General level monsters back-to-back," Gao Feng said, slicing as he spoke.
"Haha, Captain, you have to reward me for this. I was the one who strongly insisted on letting Luo Feng join us," Chen Gu teased.
The group was laughing cheerfully.
"Hmm?"
Lu Feng reacted as if his tail was on fire; his eyes instantly shot wide open. Given Luo Feng's reaction speed demonstrated in the 'Nerve Reaction Test' where he dodged numerous rubber bullets, his instinct immediately assessed—the blurry phantom causing the air disturbance ahead was a bullet!
Its speed was more than ten times faster than the rubber bullets in the test! Luo Feng didn't even have time to shout a warning.
Extreme tension instantly flooded Luo Feng’s body with massive adrenaline. His heart rate soared to an astonishing speed, every hair on his body stood on end, and his nerves were stretched to an unprecedented limit! Even the mental energy deep within his Sea of Consciousness spontaneously spread out rapidly to cover his entire body!
A life-or-death crisis!
Human survival instinct instantly propelled Luo Feng’s body and spirit to their absolute peak!
"Pfft!"
The armor-piercing round tore through the air, aimed directly at Luo Feng’s head.
The Blood Shadow Battle Blade, which Luo Feng had just been using to cut the Tiger-Cat's tail, was swung out almost reflexively. All his strength burst forth to the maximum. Moreover, the focal point of his physical strength—his waist and hips—after delivering that initial burst of power, surprisingly managed to generate a secondary surge of force instantly!
It was utterly natural! Facing a death threat, at the precise moment his mind and body reached their zenith, Luo Feng’s body naturally unleashed that second burst of power.
Ninth Level Thunder Blade—First Level!
It had actually succeeded just like that!
The speed of the Blood Shadow Battle Blade instantly soared!
"Accelerate!" Luo Feng’s mental energy instinctively acted upon the battle blade, causing its velocity to surge again!
"Decelerate!"
His mental energy also acted without the slightest hesitation directly upon the extremely fast-approaching armor-piercing round. The round’s speed instantaneously plummeted from four times the speed of sound to just one time the speed of sound. With a clang, Luo Feng’s Blood Shadow Battle Blade struck the armor-piercing round directly.
The tip of the round became deeply dented, and the entire projectile was deflected away.
"Boom!"
However, another armor-piercing round was heading straight for the Captain, 'Gao Feng’s' head. According to the Tiger Tooth Squad's plan, Zhang Zehu’s directive was to kill Luo Feng, and Gao Feng was the strongest member of the Hammer Squad, so these two bullets were intended for Luo Feng and Gao Feng respectively!
Gao Feng, who was squatting by the Twin-tailed Tiger-Cat’s carcass, had his back to the direction of the incoming fire and didn't see the round at all.
"Pfft!" Gao Feng suddenly exerted force while using his dagger to cut through the Tiger-Cat's hide. This sudden exertion caused his body to slightly shift, causing the bullet aimed at his head to veer off course. Just as he was about to marvel at the toughness of the Twin-tailed Tiger-Cat’s hide—
Whoosh!
The high-speed armor-piercing round flew past Gao Feng’s ear at close range. The strong rotational airflow instantly caused the skin on Gao Feng’s ear to bleed.
"Boom!"
The armor-piercing round slammed viciously into Zhang Ke's shoulder next to Gao Feng. That shot, powerful enough to shatter the scales of a beginner Beast General, instantly reduced Zhang Ke's shoulder muscles and bone to dust. With a loud thud, Zhang Ke’s entire right arm was flung away, and blood sprayed out like water!
"Ah!" Zhang Ke cried out in agony.
"Sniper bullet!"
Gao Feng stared at the spraying blood from Zhang Ke's severed arm, some of which even splashed onto his own face. This enraged Gao Feng, whose eyes turned scarlet, and he roared, "Enemy attack!"
"Which bastard did it!" Wei Tie and Wei Qing also bellowed.
Amidst their furious roars, nearly everyone in the Hammer Squad moved swiftly. No one dared to remain stationary under a sniper's sights. Captain Gao Feng had only survived because the effort of cutting the hide had caused him to jolt slightly, allowing the bullet to graze his ear.
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"
Four consecutive gunshots rang out!
"Over there!" Gao Feng, Luo Feng, and everyone else stared with bloodshot eyes toward the direction of the gunfire.
They saw several shadowy figures flicker on a distant rooftop before vanishing instantly.
"It’s the Tiger Tooth Squad!" Gao Feng ground out through clenched teeth. "Tiger Tooth!!!"
Luo Feng hadn't seen clearly... the distance was too great, and the Tiger Tooth Squad disappeared in an instant; discerning them required astonishing eyesight! A martial artist’s hearing and sight improve in tandem with their physical fitness. Among the six members of the Hammer Squad, only Captain Gao Feng's physical fitness approached that of an 'Intermediate Wargod.'
Only he could make out the identity.
"Tiger Tooth Squad? Zhang Zehu’s Tiger Tooth Squad?" A surge of fury welled up in Luo Feng. He had investigated Zhang Zehu previously and knew he was a member of that squad. "They actually want to kill me?"
A chilling realization struck him.
Luo Feng truly understood that the world of martial artists was not always peaceful and harmonious.
"Zhang Ke!"
"Brother Lao Zhang!"
Several people rushed over. Luo Feng also ran to Zhang Ke's side. Zhang Ke lay on the ground, his face deathly pale. The armor-piercing round had pulverized the entire area around his right shoulder, and his right arm was long gone. Even his combat suit had developed slight tears. The power of that shot was immense. Zhang Ke’s face was ashen, while Chen Gu was frantically trying to staunch the bleeding nearby.
"It was my fault, Zhang Ke, you took that shot for me!" Gao Feng clutched his ears.
"Brother Zhang," Luo Feng also clenched his fists, his eyes burning red.
It was Brother Zhang and Brother Chen who had brought him into the Hammer Squad initially.
"This is bad!" Gao Feng’s expression changed drastically. "Run!"
The Tiger Tooth Squad had fired a total of six rounds earlier. Two were aimed at Luo Feng and Gao Feng, and the remaining four were fired into the surrounding monster horde. At this moment, angry roars from the monsters could already be heard nearby. Everyone in the Hammer Squad immediately understood why the Tiger Tooth Squad had fired four extra shots.
"How insidious."
"They want to kill all of us."
"Run quickly."
Wei Qing grabbed the profusely bleeding Zhang Ke onto his back, and the group immediately bolted.
"Rumble~~~" A large number of Iron-Maned Wild Boars appeared on the street ahead. Hundreds of these enormous boars thundered toward them, causing the ground to shake as if an earthquake had struck. The Hammer Squad members were greatly alarmed and were about to change direction when violent tremors echoed from behind them as well.
An even larger horde was bearing down on them. This group contained not only lone Wild Boars but also numerous Lion-Mastiff Beasts. Combined, the monsters in front and behind numbered over a thousand.
"This is serious trouble."
The faces of everyone in the Hammer Squad paled!
"Climb the wall!" Gao Feng commanded.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The Hammer Squad members swiftly scaled the dilapidated perimeter wall. At this time, enraged by the four sniper rounds directed at them, the monsters only understood one thing... such sinister and terrifying hidden weapons could only come from humans! As they saw the few humans scaling the wall, almost in unison—
"Rumble~~~" The Iron-Maned Wild Boars lowered their heads and slammed into the wall. The decades-old wall, weathered by wind and sun, collapsed almost instantly. Over a thousand densely packed monsters charged forward.
The Hammer Squad looked back and gasped in alarm.
"Brothers, this time it's a near-certain death situation. Let’s scatter and run—survive however you can! If we stay together, we are all doomed!" As he fled, Captain Gao Feng shouted with bloodshot eyes, "That son of a bitch Tiger Tooth Squad—if I, Gao Feng, survive this, I swear I will make them pay in blood!!!"
"Everyone scatter!" Wei Tie and Wei Qing also gritted their teeth.
Facing an encirclement by over a thousand monsters, even a Wargod-level expert could only flee in disarray.
"Tiger Tooth Squad, Zhang Zehu!" Luo Feng vaguely sensed that this attack was likely because he had forced Zhang Zehu to spend a hundred million on the previous occasion. "The Tiger Tooth Squad wouldn't attack without reason? Could it be because of me... because of me that Brother Zhang is like this?"
Guilt and killing intent surged within Luo Feng!
"Zhang Zehu! Tiger Tooth Squad!" Luo Feng’s eyes turned red.
"Captain, Brother Chen." Luo Feng roared.
That roar caused Captain Gao Feng, the Wei brothers, Chen Gu, and the others to look at Luo Feng in shock. They saw Luo Feng grit his teeth and roar, "Follow me! We will all make it out alive!!!" With a rush of sound, the throwing knives fastened to Luo Feng's thighs shot out, circling and hovering around him.